Need help please, this is baffling.....

So something was fuzzy before I switched out parts (as well as the case). A game I was playing decided it didn't want to work. It would say updating (rediculous low speed) on the launchpad and.....7 day or 20 days till complete which is bogus. I uninstalled the game from Steam and tried again...nope. I uninstalled the game and went to the website where it is as well and same issue. I can't even download Origin for some reason. It says downloading but nothing is happening or it will say 50bytes per second. Is something blocking me? I took off firewall and lowered my IE 9 settings to low. I even tried Chrome, same thing.

I called Verizon to see if it's them (my desktop is directly connected). We went thru a few things and everything is fine. I downloaded Nvidia drivers and everything is fine. Steam, wouldn't download. When I loaded in Civ 5, Civi 5 put Steam on my system. Presently, I am on Origin's website and when I clicked download Origin, I have a blank window like it's not downloading.

Im completely baffled! Yes I am the admin on my system. Yes Im an adult   (just trying to paint a clear picture for anyone that knows and can help. Parental control is not on (cant be on Admin).

Any ideas?

So in a nutshell, if I want to download Chrome, Nvidia drivers, drivers in general it downloads fine. If I go to download steam, nothing happens/ freezes or downloads at a snails pace...I mean slow....5.79kb/s as an example for a short time then seams like it is not downloading.